Diabolical Dave's Rumble Throwdown – Champions Edition
DDRT is a strategic board game for 1 – 6 players inspired by the golden age of professional wrestling.
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Battle your way through the ranks of the DWC in the ultimate strategic and competitive pro wrestling board game.
Cameras flash. Spotlights cut through the darkened arena. The crowd erupts as your intro music thunders over the speakers. You take a deep breath, one final check to make sure your gear is in place, and step out onto the stage. Arms raised, you march down the ramp toward the ring, and your waiting opponent…

Diabolical Dave’s Rumble Throwdown is a strategic board game that takes you beyond the ring, experiencing several aspects of a pro wrestling career.
Play the role of a crowd favorite ‘Face’ or a hated ‘Heel’ wrestler. Over the course of the game, you’ll make choices about your wrestling style, gimmick, moves, attire, special abilities, and more. Make your choices wisely; the combinations and strategies to win the game are nearly endless.
Beyond wrestling the superstars of the Diabolical Wrestling Council, the infamous DWC, you’ll hold interviews, cut promos, suffer setbacks, and scheme to interrupt your opponents' matches, all with one goal in mind: capturing and defending the DWC World Championship!

Diabolical Dave’s Rumble Throwdown is the first project created by Grimmsteel Games. Built on decades of shared passion for gaming, pop culture, and late nights (or early mornings) of shenanigans, the team believes in the idea that shared laughter - not winning - is the ultimate prize on game night. The initial idea for DDRT came during a side conversation while playing an adventure card game, and grew over development into a deeply strategic experience that never lost its sense of fun.
The Grimmsteel Games team has worked with experienced graphic designers, artists, and fellow game designers to create the most complete project possible heading into the Kickstarter campaign. Jump in the ring and discover what all the yelling and cheering is about!

Note: These three videos above were recorded prior to adding the Solo and 2 Player modes.







Wherever you are in the world, we want to get this game into your hands!
We have fulfillment partners in Georgia, USA (Bridge Distribution) and the Netherlands (Meeples Distribute). We are offering a flat rate estimate on shipping which includes a subsidy for the areas listed. If your region is not listed, you can still pledge, but we cannot provide an estimate until after the campaign concludes.
Fulfillment Has Begun!
2025-09-10 14:21:39You've waited long enough!
DDRT fulfillment has begun, starting with our hand deliveries. As you can see, we've gone through a lot of pain to get this out to you.
(Don't worry, Mike wasn't hurt during this delivery. The same can't be said for the folding table that was behind him!)

The Hive pledge manager will be closing soon. First, it will progress to the point where only new pledges or shipping payments for existing pledges will be accepted. If you didn't pay for shipping, you may not receive your game even though you've pledged.
We don't want that to happen, of course! We will still accept shipping payment from our backers through our online store, once we get it fully set up, but you won't be in the initial batch of shipments.
Shipments to the continental United States will be the first to go out, followed by Canada and Mexico. Keep an eye on your email for tracking information.
We're still working with our partner in the Netherlands to get the EU-bound units over there. That will take some time, but we're working hard on it!
We are carefully checking each game externally before shipping. The manufacturer gave us 1% overstock to compensate for damaged units, and we have found a few boxes damaged during shipping. We didn't send a pallet directly to the EU for this very reason. We DO NOT plan to warehouse product in the EU.
If you're in the EU and still on the fence or know someone who resides in the EU who might be interested in the game, encourage them to make a final pledge before it's too late. Due to shipping costs, taxes, duties, etc., we don't plan to ship to the EU after fulfillment unless there is an extremely high demand or if a recipient opts to pay the extra costs for a one-off shipment.
Enough with the details. DDRT is here, and your copy will be on its way soon!
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